OTMG TENDER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES [TIMS] This information is provided as part of the OTMG Tender Information Management Service [TIMS] These are tenders from different sites to illustrate the changing requirements by Government sites as policies and processes change to accommodate Electronic Information workflows. The Country and State is provided because certain Countries and States are advanced in their utilisation of Electronic tender processes. These processes will be applicable to other Countries and State Governments as they move to Electronic Tendering and Electronic Information Interchange [EII] processes. TIMS Subscription options can be reviewed on TIMS Tender subscription options OIC Membership options can be reviewed on OIC Membership optionsINDEX - DEVELOPMENTS IN GOVERNMENT TENDER POLICIES
2005/11/01 Enterprise Pricing Framework
2005/10/30 Comparison of download file sizes
2005/08/20 Proposed Water Market Trading
2005/08/18 $ 1.8 B Land Fund Investment Advisory Services
2005/07/20 Policy Framework for Not-for-Profit Organisations
2005/06/10 Parliamentary Entitlements Management System
2005/05/19 Asset Consultant Services for the Future Fund
2005/04/16 Biodiversity Incentives Consultancy
2005/02/24 Establishing Water Market
2004/08/03 Electronic Charities Register
2004/07/27 eCommerce integrated into Customer Relationship Management
2004/07/12 Multiple outsourced Government 6 mth Tenders
2004/04/02 Membership State Sector Retirement Scheme
2004/04/02 New Format for Tender Structure
2004/03/26 National Government Interoperability Framework
2004/03/20 Survey Government e-Procurement Activity
2004/01/20 Tender/Contract Management - the business process
2004/01/17 Examples of how Legislation used for tender definition
2004/01/17 Government Electronic Messaging Services - 5 yr contract
2004/01/16 Vendor selected 1 week after tender closes
2004/01/16 Pacific Living Standards Study 
2004/01/15 Managed Technology Infrastructure
2004/01/13 HR Information System - 12 major functions
2004/01/03 Identify Content for Website
2003/12/04 Electronic Decision Support [EDS] for Clinical Systems2005/11/01 WA - Dep Land Administration - Enterprise Pricing Framework
ENTERPRISE PRICING FRAMEWORK Develop an Enterprise-wide pricing framework for DLI's Regulated and Non-regulated products and Services In looking to the future, DLI is soon to become a Statutory Authority with commercial powers. Broad 'pricing principles' will be embedded within the enabling legislation for the new agency. Subject to the parliamentary process, these will come into effect from 1 July 2006. The enabling legislation will contain provisions to govern how the authority will price its (non-regulated) goods and services
2005/10/30 Fed - Dep Health & Ageing - Develop Common Medication Chart
COMPARISON OF DOWNLOAD FILE SIZES This is a comparison of the download options - The Department of Health & Ageing only provides PDF or RTF download options - it does not provide a DOC download option. The DOC option was provided simply by opening the RFT file and saving as a DOC file and then saving as an HTM file. A) htm 130 Kb: RFT Document A) doc 515 Kb: RFT Document A) pdf 168 Kb: RFT Document A) rtf 1.98 Mb: RFT Document This increase the difficulties for Small & Medium-size Enterprises [SMEs] to review tender requirements quickly
2005/08/20 Fed - Dep Prime Minister - National Water Trading Market
PROPOSED WATER MARKET TRADING This is a tender published the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. This is the link to the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative An extract is: Water Markets and Trading Outcomes 58. The States and Territories agree that their water market and trading arrangements will: i) facilitate the operation of efficient water markets and the opportunities for trading, within and between States and Territories, where water systems are physically shared or hydrologic connections and water supply considerations will permit water trading; ii) minimise transaction costs on water trades, including through good information flows in the market and compatible entitlement, registry, regulatory and other arrangements across jurisdictions; iii) enable the appropriate mix of water products to develop based on access entitlements which can be traded either in whole or in part, and either temporarily or permanently, or through lease arrangements or other trading options that may evolve over time; iv) recognise and protect the needs of the environment; and v) provide appropriate protection of third-party interests. A number of members have expressed concern that: 1 the Australian Water Market will be set up like the Australian Electricity and Gas Markets whereby bids have to be every 30 minutes 2 There will be a very small group making profits from the Water Trades 3 The cost of water will always be paid by the Tax-payer 4 The words may say "minimise transactions costs" (ii) where in practice Government eTransactions maximise the amount of information sent electronically. 5 Access entitlements (iii) can be traded, leased or involved with other trading options like futures and derivatives 6 Third-party Interests (v) have not been disclosed
2005/08/18 Fed - Dep Immigration - $ 1.5 B Investment Advisory Services
LAND FUND INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES To Undertake Provision of investment advisory services for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs is seeking the provision of investment advisory services for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund. The Land Fund is a series of investments totalling approximately $1.5B. The fund invests in accordance with section 39 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cth) The investment advisor will provide assistance to the department in determining the investment strategy for the Land Fund for an initial period of 3 years.
2005/07/20 Vic - Policy Framework for Not-for-Profit Organisations
POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS This Victorian Government tender outlines that the Victorian Government has allocated $ 23 Million over 3 years to develop Volunteering and Community Enterprises. This tender states that the Not-for-Profit sector "contributes an estimated 5% of (Victoria's) GDP, includes over 30,000 organisations and is at the heart of community participation in volunteering and civil society." On Wed 21 Jul 2005 the Australian Treasurer Peter COSTELLO stated during an Interview on ABC Lateline that the Federal Government will be assisting with the development of the Not-for-Profit sector. Sites that you may want to review for Not-for-profit Tender and Funding Opportunities incude: A Volunteering Australia
B NSW Community Builders
C Victoria "Ourcommunity.com.au"
D Central Queensland Volunteering
A number of members have expressed concern that: 1 the contribution of taxes by the SMEs sector for the funding of the Non-for-Profit sector should be closely monitored. 2 in the past the work carried out by Volunteers has been unpaid while the Management has been well paid from Government funding 3 in the past funds generated by Volunteers are exploited by the Volunteer Organisations eg 1 the UK Official Custodians for Charities [OCC] 2 1, 2 and 3 degree Craft Freemasons Hence this is why OIC members developed an eCredits process for Volunteer organisations. This eCredits process records credits that can be spent in the Local Community.
2005/06/10 Fed - Parliamentary Entitlements Management System
PARLIAMENTARY ENTITLEMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM This Australian Government tender is about developing a new "Parliamentary Entitlements Management System (PEMS)". This is the link to the Federal Government Tender. This is the link to the same tender on the OIC web site. This tender on the OIC web-site provides links to relevant legislation including the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 (Cth)
2005/05/19 Fed - Asset Consultant Services
ASSET CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE FUTURE FUND This tender was issued by the Federal Department of Treasury Asset Consultant Services for advice on formulating an investment mandate for the Future Fund The objective of the Future Fund is to accumulate sufficient assets to offset the unfunded liability with an aim of achieving this objective by 2020. The Government will make an initial investment of capital into the Fund, will reinvest earnings and will make further contributions from future realised surpluses. No draw downs will be allowed from the Fund until it is determined by actuarial assessment that the Fund’s assets are sufficient to offset the unfunded liability. The Government has chosen a governance model of an independent board to manage the Fund and make the individual investment decisions within parameters set out in an investment mandate prescribed by the Government.
2005/04/16 Fed - Scientific and socio-economic consultancy
BIODIVERSITY INCENTIVES CONSULTANCY
This tender was issued by the Department of the Environment and Heritage
Scientific and socio-economic consultancy dealing with biodiversity incentives in the rangelands
The Department of the Environment and Heritage invites Expressions of Interest for a
multi-disciplinary consultancy (natural sciences and socio-economic) to assist the enabling of
market-based approaches to biodiversity conservation in the rangelands.
The consultancy team would be required to:
1 Develop and field-test a rating scale for natural resource or management activities for
use in incentives programs in rangeland Australia.
2 Review existing market based conservation opportunities in the rangelands
2005/02/24 Fed - Establishing Water Market
ESTABLISHING WATER MARKET This tender was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry The focus of this research will be on third party access to water supply and service infrastructure and the implications for water management in Australia. It is expected that there will be four major components to this research.
2004/08/03 NZ Government - Charities Register
ELECTRONIC CHARITIES REGISTER This New Zealand Government tender is about developing an electronic Charities Register for pending Government Legislation "The Charities Bill" The application could have provide many international opportunities. In the UK there are in excess of 850,000 Charities. The Official Custodian for Charities (OCC) looked after the financial and property assets for over 700,000 of those Charities. Before the advent of the Super Funds, the OCC was the major UK player in the Stock Exchange, Foreign Currency Exchange and Property Market.
2004/07/27 Fed - National Archives - e-Commerce & CRM
ECOMMERCE AND CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT This is one of the first requirements for an e-Commerce application integrated with a Customer Relationship Management [CRM] application
2004/07/12 Northern Territories Tender sequence Tue 13 Jul 2004
MULTIPLE OUTSOURCED GOVERNMENT 6 MTH TENDERS This is a series of 5 tenders from the Northern Territory from 3 separate Government Departments. Four of these tenders were published on Fri 09 Jul 2004 and require a response by Wed 21 Jul 2004 It may be worth watching if this sequence of tenders appear in other States A Treasury - D04-0815 B Corporate & Information Systems - D04-0813, D04-0814 C Employment, Education & Training - D04-0817, D04-0818 A Treasury D04-0815 Review Cost Allocation Policies 21 Jul 2004 B Corporate & Information Systems D04-0813 Advice Telecommunications Outsourcing 21 Jul 2004 D04-0814 Panel: Training Services 04 Aug 2004 C Employment, Education & Training D04-0817 Educational/Promotional Material 21 Jul 2004 D04-0818 Electronic Media Services 21 Jul 2004 These tenders are: 1 for 6 months only 2 state that payments are a 1 off basis only and cover unlimited use 3 web page and Power-point presentations are included in 0817
2004/04/02 NZ Government - Membership State Sector Retirement Scheme
Format Structure for each tender
2004/03/26 Fed Nat Office Info Economy - National Government Interoperability Framework
2004/03/02 Fed Nat Office Info Economy - Survey Government e-Procurement Activity
2004/01/20 WA Department Housing - Tender/Contract Management - the business process
2004/01/17 Vic Gov Child Center Design - legislation Child Development & Care regulations
2004/01/17 NT Government Electronic Messaging Services RFT - 5 yr contract
2004/01/16 NZ Government Dep HR Info System - Vendor selected 1 wk after tender closes
2004/01/16 NZ Health Research Council - Early EOI registration before RFP Submission
2004/01/15 NZ Ministry Social Development - timetable & links Gov e-Policies Guidelines
2004/01/13 HR Information System - 1,000 Employees - 12 major functions
2004/01/03 Northern Territories - briefing, timetable, index, contract types, maps
2003/12/04 Aus Fed Government - with map-link, tender timetable, document index
